High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 23, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-5134
CVE-2016-5134
Description
net/proxy/proxy_service.cc in the Proxy Auto-Config (PAC) feature in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.82 does not ensure that URL information is restricted to a scheme, host, and port, which allows remote attackers to discover credentials by operating a server with a PAC script, a related issue to CVE-2016-3763.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
14- googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/07/stable-channel-update.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00020.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00021.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00022.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00028.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1485.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3637nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/92053nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1036428nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3041-1nvd
- codereview.chromium.org/1996773002nvd
- crbug.com/593759nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09nvd
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/877625nvd
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